We discuss the initial range of masses and accretion rates observed among circumstellar disks surrounding young, solar-like stars and discuss the possible relationship between these initial conditions and outcome planetary systems. Next, we discuss observations diagnostic of emerging planetary systems and argue that we may already have found evidence of disks forming Jovian mass planets. Finally, we describe a series of measurements -- some possible with extant facilities, others requiring next generation telescopes -- that will allow us to learn with greater fidelity 'what kinds of planets form in what kinds of disks'.
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